Re: Do lobsters have feelings?

that's vewy funny

yes of course they have feelings!
it hurts when you boil them

they are kicking and screaming

shrimp too!

steak too!

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Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

If you're actually interested, get yourself a copy of an excellent book,
"The Secret Life of Lobsters".

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Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

Switch said:

it hurts when you boil them

shrimp too!

steak too!

Steak... only when *you* cook it.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

In rec.food.cooking said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

You mean, I presume, to ask whether they feel pain - not
whether they get misty-eyed when watching romantic movies
or listening to Barry White albums.

The answer is "no." Their nervous systems are pretty damn
primitive.

If you're at all squeamish, though, you can kill then quickly
by plunging a good stout knife down through the head and then
bringing it down and forward, bisecting the head. Or you can
put them in the freezer for about 15 minutes, which basically
puts them to sleep, before you boil or steam them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1408050,00.html

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Quoted message said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

They have senses for sure, just like we humans who rule the earth. I
suspect they also can sense impending death - a necessary item for
survival and evolution. But I am not knowledgeable about lobsters. I
cannot eat them any more unless it is packaged meat and I don't see the
claws and eyes. They are being depleted too much in the wild also? I
may have read that there is a problem there too.

I have a feeling that being put into a pot and steamed to death is not
a way to go.

Too reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition.

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They are being depleted too much in the wild also? I
may have read that there is a problem there too.

Myth, at least in the New England fishery.

Book: "The Secret Life of Lobsters"

Lobsters die instantly when shocked, ie: by dropping them on the floor,
knocking them against the counter, etc. Steam is hotter than water, so
steaming them will cook them faster than dropping them in a pot of boiling
water if you keep the lid on.

I have not heard anything about the east coast lobster population being in
any sort of trouble. Lobsters migrate, so over a period of several years,
the harvest in say, New England will drop, while the harvest in Gaspe will
increase, as herds of millions of lobsters march across the ocean floor from
place to place. Different locations have bumper years and then cycle to
very poor years.

-JD

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Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

They have senses for sure, just like we humans who rule the earth. I
suspect they also can sense impending death - a necessary item for
survival and evolution. But I am not knowledgeable about lobsters. I
cannot eat them any more unless it is packaged meat and I don't see the
claws and eyes. They are being depleted too much in the wild also? I
may have read that there is a problem there too.

I have a feeling that being put into a pot and steamed to death is not
a way to go.

Too reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition.

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Quoted message said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

They have senses for sure, just like we humans who rule the earth. I
suspect they also can sense impending death - a necessary item for
survival and evolution. But I am not knowledgeable about lobsters. I
cannot eat them any more unless it is packaged meat and I don't see the
claws and eyes. They are being depleted too much in the wild also? I
may have read that there is a problem there too.

I have a feeling that being put into a pot and steamed to death is not
a way to go.

Too reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition.

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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Lobsters die instantly when shocked, ie: by dropping them on the floor,
knocking them against the counter, etc.

False. Lobsters are fairly simple creatures and are actually relatively hard
to kill.

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Steam is hotter than water, so steaming them will cook them faster than
dropping them in a pot of boiling water if you keep the lid on.'

False. Steam *can* be hotter than water, under pressure, but in the home
kitchen (pressure cookers excepted) it is at the same temperature as boiling
water - 212f. ANd, since water has a much higher thermal capacity per
volume, it will heat and kill lobsters much faster than steam.

And, fer crying out loud, REPLY AT THE BOTTOM where you are supposed to.

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09:54:01 -0700 said:

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

--
Seth Goodman

This question comes up here, what, at least a couple of times per year?
;-)

Nobody has ever yet totally agreed......
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Quoted message said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

No. It pretended it was in a sauna after Mike whispered
the suggestion into its ear.

I forgive you for axe-ing.

In my experience lobsters feel depression, submersion,
sadness, grief, elation (many are bi-polar)and orgasm.
No pain, no regrets, no tension, and surprisingly,
no lack of taste.

gloria p

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Quoted message said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

No. It pretended it was in a sauna after Mike whispered
the suggestion into its ear.

I forgive you for axe-ing.

In my experience lobsters feel depression, submersion,
sadness, grief, elation (many are bi-polar)and orgasm.
No pain, no regrets, no tension, and surprisingly,
no lack of taste.

gloria p

They urinate near other lobsters to attract a mate. That's almost as weird
as being stuck on a Greyhound bus next to Sheldon on a long trip.

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This question comes up here, what, at least a couple of times per year?
;-)

Nobody has ever yet totally agreed......
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ME3ckhBCEi&isbn=0060555599&itm=1

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Quoted message said:

Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?

No. It pretended it was in a sauna after Mike whispered
the suggestion into its ear.

I forgive you for axe-ing.

In my experience lobsters feel depression, submersion,
sadness, grief, elation (many are bi-polar)and orgasm.
No pain, no regrets, no tension, and surprisingly,
no lack of taste.

gloria p

They urinate near other lobsters to attract a mate. That's almost as weird
as being stuck on a Greyhound bus next to Sheldon on a long trip.

<snork>
Glad I was done eating when I read this......... ;-D
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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This question comes up here, what, at least a couple of times per year?
;-)

Nobody has ever yet totally agreed......
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack
Nicholson

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=ME3ckhBCEi&
isbn=0060555599&itm=1

I'm afraid that if I read that, I've never eat Lobster again...

Not that I do often anyway.
I prefer fresh Dungeness crab over lobster any day!

Or very large prawn.....
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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> Do lobsters have feelings? The reason that I axe is that on a cooking
> show recently(Mike Smiths'😉 a live lobster was steamed to death. It
> was put into a pot with a little water and then covered and the heat
> turned on. Did this lobster suffer for a long time?
>

No. It pretended it was in a sauna after Mike whispered
the suggestion into its ear.

I forgive you for axe-ing.

In my experience lobsters feel depression, submersion,
sadness, grief, elation (many are bi-polar)and orgasm.
No pain, no regrets, no tension, and surprisingly,
no lack of taste.

gloria p

They urinate near other lobsters to attract a mate. That's almost as
weird
as being stuck on a Greyhound bus next to Sheldon on a long trip.

<snork>
Glad I was done eating when I read this......... ;-D
--
Peace, Om.

Seriously, get that book I mentioned. It's full of interesting useless facts
like that. You won't be able to put it down.

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Do lobsters have feelings?

Just buy her some flowers and tell her you will respect her in the
morning....sheesh - the lengths some people will go to for a date on
V-Day...

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

So that they don't suffer, before I cook one, I always place them in
the sink and throw in a used hair dryer that I got from some Goodwill
and electrocute them. Fast and no suffering. Then I boil them. Very
tasty. I think "frying" them first seers all the juices in or
something.

Babyjane Hudson